Most kids will never grow up to be astronauts — but that doesn't mean they can't train like one.

NASA's "Train Like an Astronaut" program offers student-size fitness routines modeled after the training needed to travel and work in space, and a Newport News physical education teacher is one of seven around the country hand-selected to learn more about that program and also help the space agency improve upon it.

All next week, Janet Kennedy from Sedgefield Elementary School will be at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to help its Human Research Program Education and Outreach develop and hone its fitness and nutrition content.

"It's such a great incentive to train like an astronaut," said Kennedy. "We don't go to the moon anymore, so it's kind of nice that we keep the kids on track with thinking about everything that space travel involves."